Gaspard-Gustave de Coriolis

Gaspard-Gustave de Coriolis was a French mathematician, mechanical engineer and scientist. He is best known for his work on the supplementary forces that are detected in a rotating frame of reference, leading to the Coriolis effect.

Category:French mathematicians
Category:Scientists from Paris
Category:French mechanical engineers
Category:1792 births
Category:1843 deaths